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Nevers still get to West Brom boss Roy Hodgson



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Posted Saturday, April 09, 2011 by Express.co.uk

Nevers still get to West Brom boss Roy Hodgson

Roy Hodgson admits his nerves are still shredded even though he is guiding West Brom towards safety with an unbeaten five-game run.

Even having kept up Fulham in equally dangerous circumstances does not help as Hodgson goes into the last seven games with the Baggies’ future on the line.

“I don’t want to compare this with Fulham,” said Hodgson. “But what I’ll say is I’ll take as much pride and as much pleasure and be every bit as happy as I was that summer when I knew that I was going back to Fulham and we were still going to be in the Premier League. I will be equally as ecstatic.”

Fulham stayed up in 2008, when they had looked doomed, by winning four of their last five games.

Hodgson has had a better start at West Brom than he did at Fulham but has fewer games to provide the cure and there is a tough fixture list ahead featuring Chelsea, Tottenham, Wolves and Aston Villa.

The first task is to extend the unbeaten run to six at Sunderland, who are on the slide themselves after seven games without a win.

“At the moment we haven’t achieved anything,” said Hodgson. “We are one of six or seven clubs that could very easily get relegated. We have seven games to get six or seven points.

“The battle will go down to the ultimate games. It’ll be nerve-racking for players, managers and supporters.

“It doesn’t help having gone through all this before. It’s like starting all over again.

“It doesn’t matter whether you’re Alex Ferguson or just starting off. You have the same nervous tension, hopes, fears, worries and concerns.”



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